mind the gap, celtic do have games in hand but it's 19 points clear for steven gerrard's side. so, a huge result for rangers, a big blow for celtic, but today, here in this city, it was about so much more than football. this was glasgow united — united in remembrance and in a determination that the 66 people who came along here 50 years ago to watch their team and never returned home, will never be forgotten. chris mclaughlin, bbc news, ibrox stadium. so confirmation of that result — rangers beating celtic 1—0. elsewhere aberdeen missed the chance to move within striking distance of celtic with a goalless draw against dundee united at pittodrie. hamilton academical are off the bottom of the table with a 3—0 win against motherwell. livingstone beat hibs by the same scoreline. while kilmarnock versus st mirren, and ross county against stjohnstone both ended 1 goal a piece. tottenham pulled themselves back in the hunt for the premier league title — with a 3—0 win over leeds, the victory moving them up to third, nowjust four points off the top. it was theirfirst league

rooney said today he's spoken to steven gerrard, who may well be on the way to a breakthrough scottish premiership title with rangers this season. frank lampard is fighting to keep the chelsea job, phil and gary neville have both had their own spells had their own spells in management now, whilejohn terry and ledley king could join their former team—mates as bosses as they look to progress from coaching roles. rooney's also worked under some of the world's best managers, so how does one of them, david moyes, who gave rooney his debut, think he'll get on? if he has chosen to stop playing, i'm if he has chosen to stop playing, l'm sure — if he has chosen to stop playing, l'm sure it'll— if he has chosen to stop playing, i'm sure it'll be _ if he has chosen to stop playing, i'm sure it'll be for— if he has chosen to stop playing, i'm sure it'll be for the _ if he has chosen to stop playing, i'm sure it'll be for the right- i'm sure it'll be for the right reason _ i'm sure it'll be for the right reason because _ i'm sure it'll be for the right reason because he - i'm sure it'll be

steven gerrard, your frank lampards, your sol campbells and your ashley coles, they all respectfully have done their coaching badges, clutching at the highest level. the two that have not been given the right opportunities, the two black former players. in recent years, the manchester city and england forward claims he has been the target of negative attention from the media. because of the colour of his skin. with parts of the press reinforcing racial stereotypes. there's only so much people can take, only so much communities and other backgrounds can take, especially black people. it's been going on for hundreds of years and people are tired. people are ready for change, and i see a lot of people on socials and stuff supporting the cause, but this is something that is more than just talking. we need to actually implement change and highlight the places that do the changes. but this is something that i myself will continue to do. and spark these debates, and get people in my industry looking at themselves and thinking what they can do to give people an equal chance in this country.

but that shocked steven gerrard's side into action. morelos so close to an eleventh goal of the season. just inches wide. motherwell then spent the rest of the first half on the back foot but held out. after the break, more of the same followed. with devante the scorer saving his side's bacon. rangers' winning streak of 15 league matches was under threat. 0n came substitute cedric itten. try as they might, they couldn't add another, so a precious point for motherwell who move off the bottom. rangers still a hefty lead at the top, still unbeaten. the top two in the wsl are going head to head at the moment, with chelsea hosting manchester united. chelsea currently 2—1 up. earlier, manchester city thrashed aston villa 7—0. player of the match lauren hemp scored two and had a hand in two more. it's been a fascinating day's cricket between england and sri lanka on the fourth day of the first test in galle. it looked like england would coast towards a straight—forward victory, but there's been a sting in the tail, asjoe wilson reports.

in the scottish premiership, rangers now hold a 23—point gap over celtic, steven gerrard celebrating his 150th match in charge with a 5—nil win over ross county. after a devastating display of bowling from james anderson, a cool head was needed from captainjoe root as england replied to sri lanka's first innings total of 381, ending day two of the second test in galle on 98 for two, asjoe wilson reports. life without anderson for england is still unthinkable. his first wicket came after review and replay. angelo mathews given out caught when the spike of sound suggested he had hit it, 110 and trudging off. step forward sri lanka. england's spin bowlers made no impact and it needed you know who. anderson excelling far from home. but sri lanka still made a strong total thanks to perera. 381 for the bat can wickets for anderson. for the bat can wickets for anderson-— for the bat can wickets for anderson. , , ., �* anderson. other numbers don't matter. anderson. other numbers don't matter- it's _ anderson. other numbers don't matter. it'sjust _ anderson. other numbers don't matter.

steven gerrard's premiership leaders, yet to lose a league game this season in a formidable position much tighter in spain, where real madrid trail the league leaders atletico by two points. they could move above them with victory over celta vigo in their first match of 2021. they're currently leading 2—0, lucas and marco asensio with the goals. in a season affected by the coronavirus pandemic, many bundesliga clubs have just had a week off in the shortest winter break in the league's history. bayern are top of the table but don't play until sunday. bayer leverkusen missed the chance to leapfrog them as they lost 2—1 to eintracht frankfurt on saturday. rb leipzig can go top shortly if they beat stuttgart. and they're currently leading 1—0, dani 0lmo scoring for leipzig. former india captain sourav ganguly is in a stable condition after suffering a cardiac arrest on saturday. the president of the board of control for cricket in india, who is 48, is said to be responding well to treatment. ganguly played 113 tests and 311 one—day internationals for india, ca ptaining his countr

the rangers manager steven gerrard asked fans to stay away from the ground due to the covid—i9 pandemic but the clubs are paying tribute. what's been going on there today? yes, a beautiful winter, crisp day here on the south side of glasgow, perfect for a football match, ongoing behind me here at ibrox. 0—0 heading towards half—time. also a day to remember, to remember the 66 men, women and children who came to watch this fixture 50 years ago today and lost their lives. crushed today and lost their lives. crushed to death on a stairway to the east of the stadium, a crash that left metal barriers crumpled, 200 people injured, and families up and down the country mourning and knowing their lives would never be the same. today the club director laid a wreath outside the ground and the clu b wreath outside the ground and the club captain is laying a wreath before a minute's silence here at the stadium. steven gerard, the rangers manager, urging fans to stay away with coronavirus still dictating here. but in a city quite often divided by football, today there is unity to remember those w

mind the gap, celtic do have games in hand but it's 19 points clear for steven gerrard's side. so, a huge result for rangers, a big blow for celtic, but today, here in this city, it was about so much more than football. this was glasgow united — united in remembrance and in a determination that the 66 people who came along here 50 years ago to watch their team and never returned home, will never be forgotten. chris mclaughlin, bbc news, ibrox stadium. that's it. the prime minister will be on the andrew marr show tomorrow at 9am, and i'll be back with the late news tonight at 10:00pm. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. bye for now. hello. this is bbc news. employers in all sectors have been cutting hundreds of thousands of jobs, as the economy struggles people out of work. our business correspondent, sarah corker, spoke to some of them about the chalenge of finding a job. three people who all lost theirjobs because of the pandemic. olympia, rebecca and heather were facing the toughestjobs market for a generation. we've got no money coming in, so we'll survive as

afraid of scoring the only goal of the game early on in the second half and leaving steven gerrard still unbeaten in the league this season. and in the other results, so to be academic and scoring five goals against the united italy replying with one. ross county was a goalless draw between johnson with one. ross county was a goalless draw betweenjohnson and aberdeen in the victory against kilmarnock. they set a new record of 32 games unbeaten after thrashing aston villa 4-0. unbeaten after thrashing aston villa 4—0. smashed chelsea's opening goal as emma hayes eclipsed the previous unbeaten record set by manchester city. the international olympics committee insists the games in tokyo the summer will finally go ahead. the president said speculation of the event delayed from last year was hurting athletes that organisers were working on precautions for every possible scenario. our sports editor reports. in the worlds biggest city, state of emergency continues and the pressure is building. despite growing public unease, tokyo is prepared to host the showpiece event in the midst of the sh

they are 20 points behind leaders rangers, and that gap could get bigger today as steven gerrard's side play motherwell at lunchtime. glasgow survived a late fightback tojust edge out edinburgh in rugby union's pro ia. this try from george turner put glasgow in control, but edinburgh hit back and could have won it, but jaco van der walt�*s missed conversion preserved the glasgow's one—point lead and moved them off the bottom of their conference. history will made at the masters snooker today. we'll either have the oldest ever winner injohn higgins or the youngest winner for more than 25 years in yan bingtao. two—time champion higgins — who knocked ronnie 0'sullivan out in the quarter finals and first made a masters final back in 1995 — saw off david gilbert last night and described his 20—year—old chinese opponent today as an old head on young shoulders. you might be aware of sir ben ainslie's attempts to qualify for the america's cup in march — his british team are competing in the challenger series for the right to face the holders team new zealand for the main prize..

rangers manager steven gerrard has asked fans not to visit ibrox today, as they take on celtic in the lunch—time kick—off. it's the 50th anniversary of the disaster, in which 66 people lost their lives during a crush at the stadium. gerrard said the club would still be paying their respects and he knew it was a poignant day. but in light of the pandemic, he wanted fans to stay safe at home. newcastle's 100% start to the english premiership rugby union season is over after they lost by 29 points to 17 at bristol. the home side went ahead in the first minute of the match and never lost their lead. that took them above newcastle, into second place in the table behind exeter. an upset in the darts, as dave ‘chizzy‘ chisnall, has reached the semi—finals of the world darts championship for the first time — and he got there with a stunning victory over the world number one michael van gerwen. chisnall had never managed to beat him, in 27 attempts before this, but he thrashed him 5—0 at alexandra palace, to earn a meeting with another former champion gary anderson. now britain's

gerrard leading the tributes ahead of saturday's game against glasgow rival celtic the same fixture 1971 was the backdrop of the tragedy when 66 supporters died following a crush an exit stairway. now arguably the world's toughest raleigh rice is getting underway the dakar rally is being held in saudi arabia for the 2nd sign the off-road event will start and finish in jeddah over the next couple of weeks competitors will take on a course that stretches over 7 and a half 1000 kilometers there are 5 different face vehicle categories to race in mountain bike squads cost trucks and utilities farang vehicles 1st run in 1979 back then the route began in paris and finished in the senate please capsule of security concerns deisel arrived to the race moving to south america in 2009 it's now in the middle east events is inherently dangerous after seeing part rust on a vest which also magically in flight during a crash of being made compulsory for all and quite right as the reigning car champion has cost science at $58.00 the spiny it is playing down any talk of its own it's by thing i've been

steven gerrard's side dominated the game, with alfredo morelos scoring the only goal in the second half at easter road. second—placed celtic beat hamilton. now onto the golf. england's paul casey, got off to a flying start, at the dubai desert classic this morning. he birdied the first, four holes of his opening round to go straight to the top of the leaderboard. even when he was in trouble, he managed to rescue himself and was five under after seven holes. but, just a birdie and a bogey followed which meant he didn't go any lower and he lies third, a shot off the lead. double 0lympic rowing champion, helen glover, has announced she's attempting a comeback for this summer's tokyo games. glover, who won gold in london and rio in the coxless pairs, would be the first woman to make a british olympic rowing team, after having children. the 3a—year—old, has three children with television presenter and adventurer steve backshall. and after spending time, on a rowing machine, during last year's first national lockdown, she decided to comeback, despite four years away from the elite level

steven gerrard's side dominated the game with alfredo morelos scoring the only goal in the second half at easter road. in the women's super league, leaders chelsea have set a new record of 32 games unbeaten after thrashing aston villa 4-0. sam kerr smashed in chelsea's opening goal, as emma hayes�* side overtake manchester united, to return to the top of the table. the international olympic committee says it "is fully concentrated and committed" to this summers games happening in tokyo. that is despite much ofjapan being under a state of emergency because of a third wave of covid. the games have already been postponed once because of the pandemic, but after a virtual meeting of the committee, the president stressed there were no plans to relocate the event, or cancel it. we just have to ask for patients and understanding, and we are asking for this patients from the athletes, from the national olympic committees, the japanese people, the organising committee, everybody. we have to be patient and diligent in the same way. he have to be patient and diligent in the same way-— have to

kirshner get one steven miller rudy giuliani even even steven ben but they're all the will he won't t.v. or who will be there has been one solid study cry for justice coming from the supporters of wiki leaks founder julian assange. currently wasting away and reported 23 hour lockdown of britain's notorious belmarsh prison a songe and his lawyers continue to fight against his extradition to the united states in london courts a son faces multiple indictments in the u.s. including the chilling charge of violating the espionage act which carries up to over 100 years in prison if convicted sons of supporters which include everyone from whistleblower an american hero edward snowden to famed journalist john pilger along with over 7600 others have signed a letter asking president donald trump to pardon the son and while no one will know until january 20th that these efforts to gain a pardon will be successful or all for naught one thing we do know for certain is that the u.s. government's prosecution of julian assange just looking more and more like persecution with every passing day minute